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Rotterdam Architecture City
von Groenendijk, Paul
Rotterdam ranks among the top international architectural destinations. And with good reason: the Markthal, the new Central Station and De Rotterdam, along with such established icons as the Kunsthal and the Van Nelle Factory are just some of the architectural magnets drawing international architecture lovers to the city on the Maas. In addition to the 100 best buildings, this architecture guide also directs visitors to the city’s most interesting locales, including entertainment and dining out in an architectural setting and the cultural haunt of Witte de Withstraat.
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Afritecture
Der wirtschaftliche Boom Afrikas geht mit einem rasanten Städtewachstum einher, das den Kontinent einschneidend verändert. Innerhalb dieser transformativen Prozesse entstehen Ansätze einer individuellen, ökologischen und kontextsensitiven Architektur. Zahlreiche Projekte zielen innerhalb der sich verändernden urbanen Strukturen auf gesellschaftliche Wirkung. So machen viele, meist gemeinsam mit der Bevölkerung konzipierte Bauvorhaben die Stadt zum Experimentierfeld der Gestaltung. Planungen auf dem Land hingegen entwickeln lokale Traditionen der Bautechnik, Architektursprache und Materialien durch technologische und stilistische Neuerungen weiter. Der opulente Katalog mit Beiträgen unter anderem des Architekturhistorikers Andres Lepik präsentiert rund 20 beispielhafte Positionen der zeitgenössischen Architektur Afrikas südlich der Sahara. Zusammen mit Interviews von Architekten, Auftraggebern und Förderern entsteht ein umfassender Einblick in eine innovative, lebendige Baukultur.
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Nordic Architects - Global Impacts
2018
The theme of the third edition of the Nordic Architects series, Global Impacts, can be interpreted broadly. Referring to the challenges faced by architects the world over to create buildings and cities that are sustainable and inclusive, it is a theme that has particular resonance in the world’s northernmost regions, where many look to find benchmarks of innovation and problem-solving. Edited by David Sokol, each of the Nordic region’s foremost architectural practices is presented through beautiful original imagery of their most iconic works, as well as insightful conversations with each architectural office.
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Deutsches Architektur Jahrbuch 2018
2018
Das Deutsche Architektur Jahrbuch, herausgegeben vom Deutschen Architekturmuseum (DAM) in Frankfurt am Main, dokumentiert seit fast 40 Jahren das aktuelle Baugeschehen in Deutschland. Das Jahrbuch stellt in Besprechungen von namhaften Autoren die Shortlist von 22 Gebäuden aus Deutschland vor, die eine Jury für den DAM Preis für Architektur in Deutschland 2018 ermittelt hat. Kuratoren des Museums sowie renommierte Architekten und Architekturkritiker sichteten dazu ein Feld von rund 100 Nominierungen für den Jahrgang. In der Ausgabe 2018 wird neben der besonderen Würdigung des Gewinners des DAM Preis auch die engere Auswahl von Finalisten näher porträtiert. Als exzeptionelles Projekt ist die Elbphilharmonie von der Shortlist ausgenommen und findet im Jahrbuch eine besondere Erwähnung. Ein eigenes Kapitel ist den Bauten deutscher Architekten im Ausland gewidmet, von denen zwei Gebäude vorgestellt werden. Zwei Essays thematisieren zum einen das Hamburger Modell der Grundstücksvergabe zur Stärkung von Baugemeinschaften sowie zum anderen den aktuellen Boom der Theater- und Musikarchitekturen.
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Good Buildings On A Small Planet
2017
'Good Buildings on a Small Planet' portrays eight Danish architectural firms that are creating new architecture where sustainability is not simply a question of consuming less, but also about giving more. More beauty. More meaning. More community. What is a good building on a small planet? How can we create a rich, humanist architecture that is built on a profound respect for local as well as global resources? This book presents eight different answers that are framed by thoughts, ideas, and new architecture. The architects portrayed are Lendager Group, GXN, C.F. Møller Architects, Vandkunsten, EFFEKT, Henning Larsen Architects, SLA, and Tredje Natur (Third Nature).
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Caracas. Architectural Guide
DOM Publishers, 2017
Little is known about Caracas, the capital of Venezuela which has been beset with a host of problems, chief amongst which are protests spilling into public spaces and violent political unrest. The deep-seated division of society into poor and wealthy is just as commonplace a feature as the grandiose buildings bequeathed by modernity. Caracas is primarily a city of contrasts which is reflected within the contours of the country itself: although the oil reserves in Venezuela are the largest in the world, more than 75 per cent of its population live below the poverty level. This architectural guide thus illustrates the complexity of a Latin American city founded in 1567 which, however, forges a coherent identity with the Ávila mountain range and the coastline, where different scales, geographies, architectural styles and natural and urban landscapes converge. This title outlines the city’s history with reference to its most striking architecture dating from approximately 1600 up to the present day, including the Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas which was designed single-handedly by Carlos Raúl Villanueva between 1940 and 1960. Architecture and urban spaces found in ten zones throughout Caracas are delineated, as well as those concepts propounded by architects and urban planning experts - such as Federico Vegas and María Isabel Peña - regarding future initiatives that could transform and enhance the city. The major exhibition charting Latin American architecture since 1945 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York led to a focus being placed on Latin America among architects, although knowledge about Caracas and Venezuela continues to be low. Architect Bernard Tschumi once stated that: "Long standing tensions between urbanisation and nature, informal and the formal economies and the needs and interests of regional infrastructure and local neighbourhoods [...] are now more acute than ever." Although this statement may be traced back to roughly one decade ago, it, too, continues to be more relevant than ever.
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